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AMENDMENT OF REGISTER OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS
Historic Building No. 1145.
Reformed Church of Geelong, 233 Pakington Street, Geelong West, City of Greater
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Statement of Significance

The Reformed Church of Geelong was built in 1876 as the Newtown Methodist Church to a design by the prominent Geelong architectural firm of Davidson and Henderson. The elaborately detailed church is constructed of Waurn Ponds limestone with Barrabool sandstone as rock faced ashlar and built on the bluestone foundations of the previous church. In 1891 the church underwent internal alterations and a pipe organ was installed. Stained glass windows and doors were added in 1947. In
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